common suffixes - medical terminology

-graphy

Process of recording

-phobia

Fear of

-plasia

Formation

-itis

Inflammation

-algia, -dynia

Pain

-plasty

Reconstruction or shaping

-ate, -ize

To use

-plegia

Paralysis, stroke, palsy

-lysis

Breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening, dissolution

-cele

Protrusion, hernia, tumor, swelling

-pnea

Breathing

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-cyte

Cell

-ptosis

Drooping, prolapse, sagging, falling down

-cytosis

Abnormal cell condition (too many)

-rrhage

To burst forth, bursting forth

-meter

Instrument used to measure

-rrhaphy

To suture or fixate

-derma

Skin

-metry

Process of measuring

-desis

Binding

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

-ologist

Specialist

-ectomy

Cutting out

-sclerosis

Hardening

-ology

The study of a specific field

-emesis

To vomit

-scope

Instrument used to examine

-emia

Blood condition

-oma

Tumor, mass, fluid collection

-scopy

Process of visual examination

-opsy

To view

-esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y

Various conditions or states

-spasm

Involuntary movement

-otomy

Cutting into

-form

Shape

-trophy

Growth or development

-ostomy, -stomy, -tomy

Artificial or surgical opening

-genesis, -genic

To form

-pathy

Disease, emotion

-globin

Protein

-penia

Lack of or deficiency

-gram

Weight, mark, record

-pexy, -pexis

Surgical fixation

-phagia

To swallow or to eat

-graph

To write, record, instrument for recording